Credit risk
House of the year and credit derivatives house of the year
Asia Risk Awards 2002
Risk managers of the year
Asia Risk Awards 2002
SG launches Asian arbitrage CDO
New angles
Mizuho tests Japanese CDO market
New angles
Beyond the dollar
Credit-linked notes
Getting the risk right
Credit risk systems
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A role reversal
Credit risk
Mizuho to launch ¥1.27 trillion CuBic One synthetic CLO
Mizuho Corporate Bank, a unit of Japan's Mizuho Holdings, is launching a ¥1.27 trillion ($10.4 billion) three-year synthetic balance sheet collateralised loan obligation (CLO), via special purpose vehicle CuBic One Limited. Mizuho International and…
Sweden’s credit risk maverick
“We don’t like portfolio management,” says Björn Börjesson, executive vice-president and head of the central credit department at Svenska Handelsbanken in Stockholm.
Correlation and credit risk
Active development of full credit portfolio modelling continues apace, even though it is not recognised in the proposed Basel II framework.
Creative solutions for unique problems
Credit risk management systems are surprisingly sophisticated at many Nordic banks. Ellen Leander examines the changes being made to existing infrastructure to keep that edge.
Looking to the new horizon
Can a firm cut costs while increasing operational risk controls? This is just one of the many challenges facing the investment industry.
Keeping up with credit derivatives
Technical
Creating successful clearing solutions
Sponsor's Statement
The power of the CDS
Credit default swaps
Correlation and credit risk
Active development of full credit portfolio modelling continues apace, even though it is not recognised in the proposed Basel II framework. An important issue is the relationship between probability of default and loss-given default. In this last of four…
Beyond the pail
Australia’s regulator has hinted that it may work outside of the Basel Accord to set its own risk weightings for residential mortgages if adjustments aren’t made, writes Nick Sawyer.
Basel II could reinforce economic cycles more than expected, says BIS study
BASEL – The Basel II bank capital accord could reinforce economic cycles to a greater extent than expected, according to a working paper issued today by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), the so-called central bankers’ central bank.
Basel II could reinforce economic cycles more than expected
The Basel II bank capital accord could reinforce economic cycles to a greater extent than expected, according to a working paper issued today by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), the so-called central bankers’ central bank.
Calculating portfolio loss
For credit portfolios, analytical methods work best for tail risk, while Monte Carlo is used to model expected loss. However, products such as CDOs require a model for the entire distribution. Sandro Merino and Mark Nyfeler meet the challenge by…